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John Brooks and Annie Clark Ballard of Tennessee had only one son James E Brooks Sr in Montgomery AL. James married Susie Mae Cooper and named their son James Jr. James Jr married Mary Ella Thornton and had Charles. ( The first Hans Brooks came from Holland and settled in PA with a french wife and had John in 1837 who was in Giles TN in 1860 marrying Roxanna Smith and having a son named John in TN )
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